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Christmas Eve candid portrait with Rokkor-X 50mm f1.4
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:01 pm    Post subject: Christmas Eve candid portrait with Rokkor-X 50mm f1.4 Reply with quote
I'm a total novice (to photography) so please C&C so I can learn.

Portrait of my mom taken across the dinner table on xmas eve.
Rokkor-X 50mm f1.4 @ f2 1/19s iso800 e-p1
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks good to me- maybe crop in a little more so there is more head and less background is about all I can say- and even then its probably not necessary Very Happy Very Happy Nice shot


PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks excellent to me! You've done a good job of keeping it sharp at ISO800 with that 2x crop factor, great effort and lovely bokeh Smile Welcome BTW!


PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
excellent, you don't seem completely novice by your selection of lens
wow! 1/19s! I am jealous of e-p1 anti-shake


PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
i love candid shots, they are my favorites. yours is lovely, nice lens, good camera to handle the light, high iso, low shutter speed and crop factor--man dont underestimate that in camera IS!

welcome, look forward to more.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
poilu wrote:
excellent, you don't seem completely novice by your selection of lens
wow! 1/19s! I am jealous of e-p1 anti-shake


thank you,

I chose lenses based on the posts and reviews here. The 50mm shootout was really helpful.

I bought the 50mm f1.4 rokkor on eBay because it was cheaper than all the other 50mm f1.4s. I also got the zuiko (sn 90xxxx) from an old camera shop but while its bokeh seems smoother than the rokkor's, it's also, in my case, not as sharp at f2 as the rokkor( f2 is where I like shooting portrait on my x2-crop cam)


PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
thank you all,

As a novice, I find it's really hard to negotiate the background's blur and the foreground's DOF.

I want more in in focus (i.e. my mom's ear) but I also want the lens to render the background into oblivion. I wonder if I should have shot it at f2.8


PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yes, this is the constant problem isnt it? low light vs shallow depth of field! i had the same issue w my recent thread of new years eve photos with jupiter 85mm. i shot those wide open at 2.0, but i knew in advance that setting would yield a shallow focus point. its really a matter of testing each lens and then personal taste. if you ratchet up the iso to 1600, shoot to underdevelope a little (to brighten in pp) maybe you can shoot at 3.5 or 4 in that light. myself, i like your results, cant expect much better in low light in candid situation.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The composition is strong and the focus is on the eye and looks accurate to me.

Would you consider using a flash or do you only shoot with available light?


PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice portrait with a nice lens. In PP, if you are in RAW, maybe an adjustment to WB to incandescent. Else in jpeg adjust balance of yellow/blue



patrickh


PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
martinsmith99 wrote:
The composition is strong and the focus is on the eye and looks accurate to me.


Thank you

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Would you consider using a flash or do you only shoot with available light?


Some time I use flash. But in this case, I want to keep it candid and also to preserve the mood.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
patrickh wrote:
Nice portrait with a nice lens. In PP, if you are in RAW, maybe an adjustment to WB to incandescent. Else in jpeg adjust balance of yellow/blue

patrickh


Can you explain a bit more. PP is my weak area (well I'm near clueless in PP.)
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